pâté
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French pâté (“paste”). Doublet of pate (“cheese portion”) and patty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæt.eɪ/, /pæˈteɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æteɪ, Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
pâté (countable and uncountable, plural pâtés)
- A finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables, sometimes with the addition of alcohol.
- 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 152:
- Two waiters brought in kipper pâté and thin toast.
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Translations
finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables
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Champenois
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pasté, Latin pasta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.te/
Noun
pâté f (plural pâtés)
- (Troyen) pie
- Pâté an bloche
- Plum pie
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.te/ ~ /pɑ.te/
Audio: (file)
Noun
pâté m (plural pâtés)
- pâté (a type of liver paste)
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Descendants
Further reading
- “pâté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French pasté, from Latin pasta.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Noun
pâté m (plural pâtés)
Derived terms
- pâté dé faie (“liver pâté”)
- pâte dé pâté (“pastry”)
- pâté d'pommes (“apple pie”)
- pâté statistique (“pie chart”)